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BlackBerry 10 Launch Event to be held on January 30th, 2013 — One of my favorite things about working as a community and blog manager for BlackBerry ® is getting to talk to you and provide updates on our products. Each day on our social channels fans, followers and readers ask, when will BlackBerry ® 10 launch?

Minding the store — Apple's Retail head was recently replaced. The hire seems to have been a mistake dealt with quite swiftly. It is tempting to think that the firing of a manager is due to a failure in their performance, measurable in quarterly reported metrics. But this is not often the case.

Minding The (Apple)Store — As I've written many times in the past, I'm part of the vast chorus that praises the Apple Store. And not just for the uncluttered product displays, the no-pressure sales people (who aren't on commission), or the Genius Bar that provides expert help, but for the impressive architecture.

YouTube Preps Big New Round of Content Investments — Some Partners Will Get Another Check; Others May Quietly Go Away — Nearly a year after YouTube sprinkled $100 million across the online video ecosystem to create more than a hundred new “channels,” it's doubling down.

Starbucks, Amazon and Google to face UK lawmakers over tax — (Reuters) - UK lawmakers will quiz executives of Starbucks (SBUX.O), Google (GOOG.O) and Amazon (AMZN.O) on Monday about how they have managed to pay only small amounts of tax in Britain while racking up billions of dollars worth of sales here.

Obama 2.0 will revitalize tech agenda — The reelection of President Barack Obama along with another politically divided Congress means the tech policy battles from the past few years are going to intensify, even if a few of the faces fighting are about to change.

Apple Stomps On Tapjoy's App Download Circle Jerk (Again) — Memories of Scamville have faded, and we don't see the brazen customer ripoff schemes from the big gaming companies these days. — But the main company behind Scamville, Offerpal (the company renamed as Tapjoy after the Scamville disaster) …

The Information Age:N. Korean Style — The “Hermit Kingdom” has slowly embraced cell phones and cyberspace - on its own terms. Those expecting that technology will lead to a “Pyongyang Spring” will be disappointed. — During the floods and famine of the 1990s, the North Korea regime …

Why Apple and HTC settled their patent litigation — Sometimes it's easier to just pay the money — Apple and HTC just announced a surprise settlement to their ongoing patent litigation, which spanned multiple lawsuits in courts around the world. The deal will see both companies drop …